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Author: Corley, Edwin
Title: Acapulco Gold
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, New York
Pages: 329 pp.
Date: 1972
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Escapism
Annotation:Based on the hypothesis that the government is about to legalize marijuana, this novel follows the steps a major tobacco company and an advertising agency go through to prepare for the sale Of their new product: "Acapulco Gold".
Viewpoint towards drugs: positive.




Author: Didion, Joan
Title: Play It as It Lays
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York
Pages: 214 pp.
Date: 1970
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Escapism
Annotation:The actress heroine of this Hollywood novel struggles through a bizarre life on uppers and downers, eventually watching her best friend die of barbiturate overdose in her arms.
Viewpoint towards drugs: negative.






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